diff --git a/proxy_agent_shared/src/logger.rs b/proxy_agent_shared/src/logger.rs
index 165d48dd..f80ccf63 100644
--- a/proxy_agent_shared/src/logger.rs
+++ b/proxy_agent_shared/src/logger.rs
@@ -8,13 +8,31 @@ pub mod rolling_logger;
 
 pub type LoggerLevel = log::Level;
 
+const HEADER_LENGTH: usize = 34;
 pub fn get_log_header(level: LoggerLevel) -> String {
-    format!(
-        "{} [{}]    ",
+    get_log_header_with_length(
+        level,
         misc_helpers::get_date_time_string_with_milliseconds(),
-        level
-    )[..34]
-        .to_string()
+        HEADER_LENGTH,
+    )
+}
+
+fn get_log_header_with_length(
+    level: LoggerLevel,
+    date_time_string: String,
+    length: usize,
+) -> String {
+    let header = format!("{date_time_string} [{level}]    ")
+        .chars()
+        .take(length)
+        .collect::<String>();
+
+    // padding if the header is shorter than HEADER_LENGTH
+    if header.len() < length {
+        let padding = " ".repeat(length - header.len());
+        return format!("{header}{padding}");
+    }
+    header
 }
 
 const ASYNC_FUNCTION_NAME: &str = "{closure";
@@ -117,4 +135,26 @@ mod tests {
         // Check if the caller name is as expected
         assert_eq!(caller_name, expected_caller_name);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn get_log_header_with_length_test() {
+        let header = super::get_log_header_with_length(
+            Level::Info,
+            "2023-10-01 12:00:00.000".to_string(),
+            34,
+        );
+        assert_eq!(header, "2023-10-01 12:00:00.000 [INFO]    ");
+        let header = super::get_log_header_with_length(
+            Level::Error,
+            "2023-10-01 12:00:00.000".to_string(),
+            34,
+        );
+        assert_eq!(header, "2023-10-01 12:00:00.000 [ERROR]   ");
+        let header = super::get_log_header_with_length(
+            Level::Warn,
+            "2023-10-01 12:00:00.00".to_string(),
+            34,
+        );
+        assert_eq!(header, "2023-10-01 12:00:00.00 [WARN]     ");
+    }
 }